The best Al Hill’s mystery movies

Al Hill

Al Hill

14/07/1892- 14/07/1954
Today we present the best Al Hill’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Al Hill’s movies.

The Killers

The Killers
7.7/10
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

Crack-Up

Crack-Up
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 06/09/1946
  • Character: Card Player on Train (Uncredited)
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

Nocturne

Nocturne
6.5/10
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette
6.7/10
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.

Night in New Orleans

Night in New Orleans
5.9/10
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

The Death Kiss

The Death Kiss
6/10
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.

Murder in Times Square

Murder in Times Square
6.1/10
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.

Slightly Honorable

Slightly Honorable
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 22/12/1939
  • Character: Bartender (Uncredited)
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout
7.2/10
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

After Midnight with Boston Blackie
6.4/10
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 08/08/1941
  • Character: Flintwood Policeman (uncredited)
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.

The Lady in the Morgue

The Lady in the Morgue
6/10
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMystery
  • Release: 02/01/1937
  • Character: 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 26/12/1950
  • Character: Pete Floogle (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

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